BJP MP Gulam Ali Khatana Slams Pakistan Over Terrorism, Says India Needs No Mediation to Defend Itself

London: BJP MP Gulam Ali Khatana, speaking in London as part of an all-party parliamentary delegation led by Ravi Shankar Prasad, delivered a scathing rebuke to Pakistan, accusing it of hypocrisy and aggression. Addressing the Indian diaspora at India House, Khatana said, “Pakistan begs on one side and spreads terrorism on the other side. That time has gone.”

He declared that India knows how to deal with terrorism and does not need outside mediation. “We are here in Europe, and our other friends are in different parts of the world to convey a message that we know how to crush terrorism, and we don’t need the mediation of anyone. You people are our ambassadors. We will do the fight. Our army will fight there. We have to do a diplomatic fight, a social media fight,” Khatana said, urging diaspora members to actively represent India’s interests abroad.

Khatana also accused Pakistan of trying to destabilize Kashmir, especially after the abrogation of Article 370, which he said ushered in peace, democratic participation, tourism growth, and rights for women. “Pakistan says that we have stopped its water… We have given them 80% of our rivers’ water and in return, Pakistan has given us infiltration, terrorism, drugs… What unnerved Pakistan was that people’s participation increased in democracy, Kashmir became a peaceful region of the world,” he said.

He added that over the past three decades, more than 40,000 people had been killed due to terrorism in Kashmir, leaving behind countless orphans and driving out Kashmiri Pandits—calling them “part of our historic heritage.”